Author: Eva Nyambura

The High Court on Friday ruled that it lacks the authority to judge aapirants’ integrity issues. The decision was made by a three-judge bench comprising of; David Majanja, Murungi Thande, and Enock Mwota. “Petitions by civil rights bodies and activist Okiya Omutatah are general in nature and have not raised any particular integrity issues,” ruled the judges. The applications submitted to them to decide whether Mike Sonko, Nakuru Town West MP Samuel Arama, and UDA Kiambu senatorial candidate Karungo Thang’wa should be prohibited from running in the general election were premature, they said. Read: Sonko Disqualified From Mombasa Gubernatorial Race Over…

The driver of a garbage truck was shot and killed in cold blood on Thursday night along Thika Road. When the event occurred at around 10 p.m., the driver, who was identified by his coworkers as just Maina, was operating a truck that the Kenya National Highway Authority had hired to pick up rubbish. According to police and witnesses, an assailant who was carrying an AK47 rifle shot the victim at least six times before fleeing the scene of incident in a vehicle that had allegedly trailed the truck from the Nairobi city centre. The getaway vehicle, witnesses said was…

A Kenyan living in the UK is requesting that the court orders his aunt out of a family home in Uthiru, Kiambu, which he claims belongs to his deceased father. Raoul Muchene has filed a lawsuit against his aunt Rachael Mwaura, alleging that she is trying to illegally claim his inheritance. On Thursday, Mwaura testified before Justice Mboya saying that her late father Caxton Mukiri, bequeathed her the house in question. She did, however, note that the land indeed belonged to Raoul’s father. The primary point of contention is the former family home where she moved more than 40 years…

Sports pirating websites have suffered a blow after the High Court issued a permanent injunction compelling internet service providers (ISPs) to block them from infringing on copyrighted material. In November 2019, Multichoice Kenya filed a suit against Safaricom PLC and Jamii Telecom Limited seeking to compel the ISPs to block live sports streaming sites on their networks. Court had on November 26, 2021 issued a temporary order to the ISPs to block the internet providers but the order was stayed by the Court of Appeal on application by Safaricom. While delivering the ruling, Justice Wilfrida Okwany found that MultiChoice Kenya…

President Uhuru Kenyatta has convened an Azimio la Umoja One Kenya Alliance meeting at the Kenyatta International Convention Centre (KICC). The meeting will be held on Friday. President Uhuru is the chairperson of the Azimio la Umoja One Kenya Coalition party council. On the agenda is discussing, developing, and approving party policy as well as reviewing the party’s election strategy and making plans to ensure Raila Odinga, the Azimio presidential candidate, prevails in the polls on August 9. Also to be discussed is how the coalition party will win the majority of seats in the August elections. Read: Uhuru Chairs First Azimio…

A man has been apprehended after he clung to a helicopter’s landing skid in Meru on Wednesday. The chopper was carrying Agriculture Cabinet Secretary (CS) Peter Munya who was in the area campaigning for Azimio la Umoja One Kenya Alliance presidential candidate Raila Odinga. The incident happened at Kiegoi market when the man precariously hung on the landing skid just as the chopper was about to take off. According to a statement released on Thursday by the Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA), the man has been nabbed and appropriate action will be taken. “The culprit in this incident is in police…

Police are hunting for Chief Administrative Secretary for The National Treasury and Planning Ministry Nelson Ributhi Gaichuhie’s house help after she allegedly stole money and jewelry. Miriam Mwelu Muinde, 45, is said to have fled with her employer’s Sh4 million in cash and jewelry valued at Sh500,000. Charity Waithira Mungai told the police that when she returned home from work on Wednesday at around 3 pm, she found that the monies placed on the wardrobe by her husband was missing. Ms Muinde who is the prime suspect was also missing. “It was reported by Charity Waithira Mungai that upon return…

Police have discovered yet another body in Ngubi Forest, Lari. The body has been identified as Joseph Njau Ng’endo, who was running for Njiru MCA seat in Kasarani, Nairobi. According to the family, the aspiring ward representative went missing on June 17. The deceased was apparently on a police watchlist over drug trafficking claims. A police report shows that he was arrested in 2019 with five kilos of heroin. Read: Inside The Secret, Extravagant Lives of Tweep Frank Obegi and Friends The anti-drug abuse campaigner is believed to have purchased the narcotics from a Nigerian living in Kampala, Uganda. At the…

UDA Nairobi gubernatorial candidate Johnson Sakaja can breathe easy after the Commission for University Education (CUE) withdrew a letter revoking recognition of his degree. CUE chairman Prof Chacha Nyaigoti stated in a letter that the commission will issue further instructions after a probe into the legitimacy of the degree is concluded. “That the respondent wishes to confirm to the honorable court that the substratum of this suit being the letter dated June 14, 2022, for which review is sought is hereby withdrawn pending further investigations by the respondent,” said Prof Chacha. This comes after the Nairobi senator in a contempt…

Police have discovered 22 firearms and more than 500 bullets at an office on Wood Avenue in Nairobi’s Kilimani Estate. The officers were on site to help an auctioneer recover some Sh4.9 million from a tenant who had defaulted on rent. Following the surprising discovery on Tuesday night, the Anti-Terror Police Unit took over the case. A squad of armed police officers was providing security to the auctioneer following a court order to break in and remove the commodities belonging to the tenant identified as Ken Lugwili of Vic. Technologies Limited. According to authorities, the said office was broken into…

A former judge has been charged with defrauding a client a whopping Sh6.8 million. Robert Mugo Mutitu was ousted in 2003 when 23 judges and magistrates were dismissed over corruption and misconduct. Appearing before Milimani Chief Magistrate Wendy Kagendo on Tuesday, Mutitu asked to defer his plea taking to allow more time to settle the matter out of court. Through his lawyer, Karathe Wandugi, the former judge who together with his legal partner John Njoroge Thiong’o are said to have conspired to defraud Jane Wangui Wahome of Sh6,850,000 pretending they would buy her a parcel of land within Nairobi County,…

The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) has obtained orders freezing Sh18 million belonging to a 30-year-old National Treasury officer. Tracy Njoki Kinge, a Finance Officer at the National Treasury, is accused of embezzling public monies and abusing her position by accepting superfluous and facilitation payments. The anti-corruption commission got an order freezing the funds in her numerous I&M and Cooperative Bank accounts pending the outcome of the investigation. Investigations showed that Njoki who has held her current position since 2020, received a total of Sh37 million in imprests, facilitation, and superfluous allowances between February 2020 and May 2022. Read: EACC Seeking…

Presidential candidate of the Agano Party David Mwaure has requested for more security personnel for his campaign. In a letter to the National Police Service, the party stated that they want their presidential candidate to have better security as he is the only one vowing to fight corruption. “Our presidential candidate is even naming names. They are going for the big fish. Corruption fights back,” the letter signed by Acting Secretary General Josiah Nyamu reads in part. The party also questioned the policy rules for providing protection to presidential candidates and their running mates. “Are these provided for in the…

A boda boda rider has been arrested on suspicion of covertly killing his friend and dumping his body in a septic tank as part of a purported ritual sacrifice. The suspect, police said, was apprehended in Nanyuki and transferred to the Wang’uru Police Station for grilling. Kirinyaga County Police Commander Mathew Mang’ira confirmed the arrest and said the suspect will face a murder charge once the inquiry is done. “We are holding the suspect and very soon he will be arraigned in court,” said Mr Mang’ira. Stephen Murimi, 31, was murdered and his body dumped in the suspect’s septic tank…

Three government employees have been arrested by the EACC for assisting the illegal acquisition of public land by private developers. Wilson Gachanja, former Commissioner of Lands, Zablon Mabeya, former Senior Lands official in charge of Coast Province, and Jabu Salim Mohamed, former Physical Planner, Ministry of Lands, were among those arrested. The public land in dispute, according to EACC, is a public access road Kwale Diani/Beach Block/1072, valued at Sh30 million. The suspects were taken to the Integrity Centre for further processing in preparation for their arraignment at Mombasa Law Court on Tuesday. Read: EACC Relying On Frivolous Allegations In Attempt…